Don't know if Bruce ever posted this:
The What If Dept.
This week we'll try a different kind of what if. What if Stephen Sondheim (have you heard of him?) had written The King and I? And it goes something like this (to the tune of Into The Woods):
Into Siam
She's journeying
Miss Anna comes
To meet the King.
Into Siam
To do a thing
To teach the Royal Children.
Into Siam
With child in tow,
Miss Anna only
Wants to know,
Where is her house?
The King says "No!"
She'll live inside the Palace.
What can she do,
The King is King...
But when she's through,
Well, here's the thing...
She'll have her own house,
The house that she wants,
The King cannot refuse her
Or else he just might lose her...
Into Siam
Well, Shall We Dance?
And will they ever
Find romance?
Sadly, they never get
The chance
And all because of Tuptim.
Into Siam
The King will die,
Miss Anna can not
Say goodbye.
She has to stay,
And she knows why...
To teach the kids,
To wear big dresses,
To teach
To sing
To learn
To know
To help
To dance
To anger the Kralahome...
Into Siam,
Into Siam,
Into Siam,
Yes, into Siam
Cause that's her new home!